Shafilea parents guilty of killing their daughter for ‘shaming’ family

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The parents of Shafilea Ahmed were found guilty today of murdering their
eldest daughter for bringing “shame” on the family.

Iftikhar Ahmed, 52, a taxi driver, and his wife Farzana, 49, will serve a
minimum of 25 years in prison for killing their daughter, who simply wanted
the freedom to wear Western fashions, dye her long dark hair with a streak
of red and choose her own boyfriends.

The promising 17-year-old, who dreamt of one day becoming a lawyer, resisted
the traditional path set out by her family of an arranged marriage in
Pakistan, and paid for her disobedience with